Where Is My Husband!

Raye performed "Where Is My Husband!" on 28 June 2025 at the Glastonbury Festival, as the opening number of her set on the Pyramid Stage.^[3] NME's writer Surej Singh said it was a "massive tune" and noted that the singer was accompanied by a brass band.^[3] She later performed it at other festivals, including All Points East in England and Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.^[4][5] Additionally, Raye teased the song on the video-sharing app TikTok on which a snippet of the bridge went viral.^[6]

"Where Is My Husband!" was released on 19 September 2025 through Human Re Sources. The release of "Where Is My Husband!" was accompanied by a music video, directed by The Reids^[7]. It begins as a black-and-white video and later incorporates colour when Raye appears on stage wearing a red dress. The singer is later seen trying to reach the shadow of a man, without achieving it.^[8] It was billed as the lead single from Raye's second studio album, which was made available to pre-order the same date and released in 2026.^[6][9][4] In parallel to the single's release, the singer announced a concert tour titled This Tour May Contain New Music, which is scheduled to pass through Europe and North America in 2026.^[4][10]

Raye performed the song on Today as part of the Citi Concerts series and later on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,^[11] also performing the song on The Graham Norton Show^[12] and The Jennifer Hudson Show.^[13] A remix of "Where Is My Husband!" by French DJ David Guetta and Italian DJ Hypeton was released on 14 November 2025.^[14]

Raye wrote and co-produced "Where Is My Husband!" alongside her frequent collaborator Mike Sabath.^[6][15] The song is written in B flat minor, with melodic material largely drawn from the B flat minor pentatonic scale. The harmony is primarily minor-tonal but features a modal mixture in the form of a major subdominant chord (E flat major), derived from the B flat-Dorian mode rather than the natural minor scale. This raised sixth scale degree (G♮ instead of G♭) introduces a brighter color without fully departing from the minor key, a technique commonly found in contemporary R&B and soul-influenced pop music.

Writing for Rolling Stone, David Browne categorised the song as a mix of old and new R&B, highlighting its use of horns and hip-hop sounds.^[15] Paolo Ragusa from Consequence described it as a pop track with a retro style,^[6] while Shahzaib Hussain from Clash interpreted it as a "brassy" R&B and soul song with elements of 1960s girl group music.^[16]

The lyrics of "Where Is My Husband!" follow Raye searching for a male lifelong partner and referencing an engagement ring.^[16][6] Throughout the song, she imagines how her life with him would be in the future: "Wait til I get my hands on him/I'ma tell him off too/For how long he kept me waiting".^[15] She later realises that "she must find herself if she wants love to find her", according to Ragusa.^[6] Discussing the single's theme in an interview with British Vogue, Raye shared: "My last devastating break-up was four, five years ago. I was like, 'I'm gonna marry him.' We [were] together for two years and it ended up not working out. I have never experienced a more crippling emotion. It took me three, four years to get over him. Like, I can't allow myself to fall in love again until it's safe."^[17]

In the United Kingdom, "Where Is My Husband!" debuted at number four on the UK Singles Chart for the chart week dated 26 September 2025.^[18] The song rose to number three the following week,^[19] before dropping three places to number six in its third week.^[20] In its sixth week on the chart, the track rebounded to its then peak of number three, where it remained for the next four weeks, ultimately rising to number two for the chart week dated 28 November 2025.^[21] The song was kept off the top spot by Taylor Swift's "The Fate of Ophelia" (2025) for the next three weeks. For the chart week dated 2 January 2026, "Where Is My Husband!" rose to number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Raye's second number one single in the country, after "Escapism" (2022), and the first number one song in the United Kingdom of 2026.^[22]

Elsewhere, "Where Is My Husband!" debuted at number 90 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the chart week dated 11 October 2025.^[23] In its fourteenth week on the chart, the song rose to number 13, becoming Raye's first top twenty entry in the country.^[24] On the Billboard Global 200, "Where Is My Husband!" peaked at number six, surpassing "Escapism" as Raye's highest entry on the chart.^[25]

In Europe, outside of UK, "Where Is My Husband!" met a signifiant but resouding commercial success and broke many records, reforcing Raye's position in music industry, and reached top ten in several nations, including Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Norway and Denmark, as well as top twenty in France, Slovakia and Portugal.

In Austria, the single debuted end of September 2025 at number 23, becoming Raye first top forty since "Born Again" with Thai Blackpink's member LISA and American-South African rapper and songwriter Doja Cat. One month later, the track rose to number 9, becoming her fourth top ten in Austrian Singles Chart. Several month later, "Where Is My Husband!" jumped from many spots and then climbed to the pole position, becoming the second number one for Raye after her 2023 European hit "Prada" with disc-jockey Cassö. ^[26]

Digital single

1. "Where Is My Husband!" – 3:16

7" single

1. "Where Is My Husband!" – 3:16
2. "Where Is My Husband!" (instrumental) – 3:16

12" single

1. "Where Is My Husband!" (live – at Montreux Jazz Festival)
2. "I Know You're Hurting" (live – at Montreux Jazz Festival)

• List of UK singles chart number ones of the 2020s
• List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of 2025
• List of UK top-ten singles in 2025